Articles tagged with: Arab women
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Wednesday, 8 Aug, 2012
Entering the exhibition Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport at Sotheby’s in London, I stop by a photograph of Qatari player Amal Mohammed Awad. Hair under a headscarf, she is clutching a basketball—her dark, challenging stare glares out from under a pair of neatly pencilled-in eyebrows.
It is undeniable that the determination required by all successful athletes is intensified for Arab women who, despite some advances, still have more barriers to break than mere sporting records. Amidst th...
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Thursday, 26 Apr, 2012
Keeping up with the lively discussion of the status of women in the Middle East this week has proven to be quite a challenge.
If anyone was unsure about the power and pride of Arab women, the growing number of public objections to Mona Eltahawy’s article, “Why Do They Hate Us?” published in Foreign Policy this week, will leave you with no doubts.
Women’s role in the Arab Spring has been a hot topic among writers and analysts living inside and outside the region, in part, beca...
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